Recording Piano

Recording pianos well is a really tricky thing to do. This is partly because everyone knows how a piano sounds and you are always trying to match up to that, and partly because they are huge.

There are a number of different approaches that you can try using close mics, ambient mics, or a combination of the two. The first time you have to record a piano can be daunting, so we’ve written a few tutorials to help you understand how pianos actually create sound, and how to get started with rigging some microphones.